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Metropolitan see Agra, India

Archdiocese of Agra

Agraën(sis)

Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Uttar Pradesh, India, tracing to the 1784 Mission sui iuris of Hindustan and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese on 1 September 1886. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Agra. The province includes suffragans such as Ajmer, Allahabad, Bareilly, Jaipur, Jhansi, Lucknow, Meerut, Udaipur and Varanasi.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Agra, in Agra, India.

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Established
1784
Catholics
17,182
Priests
105
Territory
69,162 km²

Parishes and churches

35 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Raphy Manjaly
Born
7 February 1958
Birthplace
Vendore

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Agra stands in Agra, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

A Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state, Agra (Latin: Agraën(sis)) takes in the Uttar Pradesh districts of Agra, Aligarh, Auraiya, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Etah, Etawah, Farrukabad, Firozabad, Gautambudha Nagar, Hathras, Kannauj, Kasganj, Mainpuri and Mathura, together with Bharatpur and Dholpur in Rajasthan. The cathedral episcopal see stands in the city of Agra.